Adjustable cuff-holder



(No Model.) I v J. N. CLOUSE.

ADJUSTABLE CUFF HOLDER.

Patented Jan. 3, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH N. GLOUSE,

OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

ADJUSTABLE CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,731, dated January 3, 1888.

Application filed February 3, 1887. Serial No. 226,485. (No model.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH N. CLoUsn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Cuff-Holders, ofwhieh thefollowingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in adjuslable cuff holders,such as are designed to attach onto the shank of a cuff-button and adjust on a button in the shirt-sleeve wristband; and the object of. my invention is to provide a simple, cheap, ready, and efficient means of holding a cuff and adjusting it to any desired height, as hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of a cuff, a portion of a shirt-sleeve and wristband, and a section of my holder in position for use. Fig. 2 is a face view of a cuff, wrist band, and a portion of asleeve with my holder in position for use. Fig. 3 is a side view of the holder closed. Fig. etis a side view of the holder open; and Fig. 5v is an end view of the sliding clamp when separate from the holder.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents an ordinary style of a cuff, B a portion of a shirt-sleeve, and C the wristband attached to it.

D represents an ordinary cuff-button in the front buttonhole of the cuff, and E a studbutton in the rearbutton-hole of the cuff, and E a stud'button inthe wristband of the sleeve.

H is my improved holder, constructed of a single piece 'of spring-wire with a sliding clamp, N, of sheet metal around it.

The holder H, in its special construction, consists of the various parts, as follows: One end is provided with a pear-shaped opening, I, the smaller end of which terminates in an interior section, which consists of a straight wire, J, and a corrugated or scalloped wire, K, lying parallel and contiguous to each other, thus forming a series of openings, k, between the wires J and K. The two ends of the wires terminate in two hooks, Z Z, the ends of which overlap each other and form the openjecting lug n, is in position, as in Fig. 3. These hooks Z Z close around the shank d of any button having either a round or flat shank, and secure the holder H thus loosely to the shank of the button D on the inside of the cuff, as illustrated. The spring of the wires J and K, when the'clamp N is slid back, makes the hooks ZZ self-opening, as in Fig. 4. The stud-button E is introduced through the opening I and shoved along between the wires J and K, which spring apart and allow it to be placed into any one of the openings k k desired, thus forming a perfect adjustment for the cuff A, tliere being any number of openings 7c desirable. The loose construction of the sliding clamp N retains the hooks Z Z in position, and at the same time allows the wires J and K to spring apart freely. The open end of the holder is oli'set near the opening L, which causes that end to lie near to the inside of the cuff and the greater portion of the holder to stand off toward the wristband, as shown in Fig. 1.

The operation ofadjustingmay be performed either by taking hold of the cuff and pulling or pushing it up or down, or by taking hold of the upper end, where the opening Iis, and pushing or pulling it along from opening to opening, as desired, the studbutton E" remaining in any one of the openings 70 desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an adjustable cuff-holder for wearingapparel, formed ofapiece ofspring-wirebentso as to form an opening, Lat one end, an interior section consisting of a straight wire, J, and a corrugated or scalloped wire, K, lying parallel with and contiguous to each other, so as to form a series of openings, 7c is, the two ends of the wires terminating in two hooks, Z Z, which overlap each other when closed and form an opening, L, to receive the shank of the button D, in combination with a sliding clamp, N, with its projection n,substantially as described and specified.

2. The combination, in an adjustable cuffholder, of a single wire bent to form at one end an enlarged opening, I, to receive a studbut-ton, an intermediate sect-ion formed of a wire, K, forming a series of openings, k k, to fied.

straight wire, J, and a scalloped or corrugated I the shank of a button, as described and speei- [0 receive the shank of a stud-button, the other In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my end having an enlarged opening, L, formed by hand in the presence of two subscribing wit- 5 the ends of the wire terminating in hooks Z Z, nesses.

which overlap each other and form such open- JOSEPH N. CLOUSE. ing adapted to receive the shank of a cuff- W'itnesses: button, with a sliding clasp or clamp, N, to WILLIAM H. TUCKER, close and retain the hooks Z Zin position around JOHN T. GREER. 

